This painting, by the French artist Frédéric-Henri Schopin (1804-1880), depicts the destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii during the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius...
Balthild, a future wife and mother of kings, emerged from obscure origins in the early 7th century. Also called Balthilde, Bathild and Baldhild, she...
Thomas Godfrey’s Prince of Parthia has a complicated legacy. It is credited as being the first theatrical play written and performed by Americans. Yet,...
Govert Flinck (1615-1660) is attributed with painting this darkly-colored copy of an earlier artwork by Carel Fabritius (1622-1654). Both the original and the copy...
Many ancient philosophical writers from Greece and the Roman Empire had reservations and questions about the worldview that was proposed to them by their...
Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century)
"I consider that there is nothing better or more enjoyable than life itself."
From Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of...
This painting, by Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655), re-creates a somber event from the early reign of Emperor Caligula (r. 37-41). The emperor in question...
This rather damaged painting, by an unknown 15th-century artist, re-creates a story from the early folkloric history of the ancient kingdom of Rome and...
